CARES helps communities measure performance and identify how to improve cardiac arrest survival rates. By joining CARES, communities gain more than just access to information that will help them improve performance and save lives. They also contribute to one of the largest EMS registries in the world, and one of the few that also includes patient outcome information from hospitals. Those features enable CARES data to be used to conduct vital research that furthers our knowledge of cardiac arrest treatment and saves countless lives for years to come.
A JAMA Internal Medicine study using CARES data examined whether automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in private homes improve survival and represent a cost-effective investment. Findings show that while AEDs improve outcomes for shockable cardiac arrests, widespread household placement is not e
The 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care build on decades of evidence to improve survival and recovery after cardiac arrest. Organized around the Utstein Formula for Survival, the Guidelines highlight the importance of high-qu
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